Oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus)
Threats
The reasons for the decline of this species may reflect declines in host bee populations.
Conservation
Buglife, the invertebrate conservation trust, is currently running the Oil Beetle Project, which aims to establish the current range of Britain’s remaining oil beetles and to carry out research into their life-cycles and ecology in order to guide conservation actions targeted at these beetles (4).
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There may be further information about this species available via the National Biodiversity Network Gateway. |
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